Although the concept of mass customization has been implemented in
the computer, clothing, and automobile industries, it has not been
fully integrated in architecture, especially in the housing
industry which is more directly related to personal life style. One
of the arguments in this book focuses on the current implementation
that is not fully functional to address the consumer's needs by
selecting the product's appearance only. The book presents the
possibilities of customizing modular houses by internet and
architectural programming methods. A prototype advisory system has
been developed to facilitate the non-architectural trained clients
to select the appropriate design schemes and components based on
their own preference. Besides that, the proposed workflow adopts
Building Information Modeling (BIM) applications as the design
collaboration platform in the building delivery process. The
findings of this research provide an open-ended framework and
useful reference to professionals in AEC industries and
architectural research fields, or anyone else who may be
considering utilizing online feedback loops for the participatory
design approach.
Joseph Chuen-huei Huang, PhD, Assoc. AIA: Studied Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Oregon, USA. He has published many conference papers on digital design field, and has taken the lead on the implementation of BIM in practice. He is a Digital Design Specialist at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Chicago.
